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I’m through the early section in England and he’s met Conchis and they’ve talked a bit about war. It’s interesting and there’s this sense that things are going to get really weird but so far it’s been very subtle tricks and manipulation that the main character is mostly able to reason through. Looking forward to when it gets beyond his depth. Also I don’t think Urfe has sex with anyone underage. He describes the prostitute as a nymph but that doesn’t mean underage. And he cant be lusting after female students because he teaches at a boys school. Ccs fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Sep 5, 2018 |
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I just finished it, and things do get out of his depth but in ways I didn't anticipate. It was smart to have Nick's girlfriend be a major part of the mystery, as it links all the parts together and creates a more emotional finale. If it was just escalating psychological tricks centering around Nick and his perception of the girls on the island, it would have been contained. But when it leaks out into personal relationships that existed before he met Conchis, then his life gains that extra bit of unreality. Though I don't understand, if those two do get back together, how their relationship will survive going through tricks involving suicide and separation. Nick will probably have PTSD from this experience for a long time. What exactly Conchis' goal was with the whole endeavor is unclear, to try to patch Nick's deficiencies? To torment him? Also I find it kinda funny that the author wrote a character so much worse than himself. It’s basically a “what if I had travelled to teach at a Greek island but been a failure without any talent except for picking up women”. The crazy stuff that happens to Nick substitutes for the emptiness in every other part of his life. Ccs fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Sep 5, 2018 |
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Sep 4, 2018 22:05
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So Nick is always mentioning women’s mouths and characterizing their personality by their mouth and Allison seems to always have a ‘bruised mouth’. Is than an expression or is one of the men she’s seeing hitting her? also Nick slaps her at the end. Yet we’re still supposed to think they might get back together. I guess violence against women was all cool and good in the 50s.
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Sep 8, 2018 18:56
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His kind of protagonist is still common in literature. Like I recently reread The Magicians and that’s all about kids on the east coast prepped from an early age for the Ivy League. Class is just as rigid in Britain and even more rigid in America than in was 30-40 years ago.
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